scrimp
- vi.省吃俭用，节衣缩食(尤指为了攒钱)
过去式： scrimped 现在分词： scrimping 过去分词： scrimped 第三人称单数： scrimps
scrimpThese words all mean to keep money instead of spending it.以上各词均含存钱、攒钱之义。
to keep money instead of spending it, often in order to buy a particular thing常指为了买某物而攒钱、储蓄：
I'm saving for a new car.
我正攒钱想买辆新车。
to be careful about the amount of money you spend; to plan to spend an amount of money for a particular purpose指谨慎花钱、把…编入预算：
If we budget carefully we'll be able to afford the trip.
我们精打细算一点，就能够负担这次旅行。
to use less money, time, etc. than you normally use指节省、节约、节俭
( rather informal ) to spend less money because there is less available指勒紧腰带省吃俭用：
With the price increases, we are all having to tighten our belts.
由于物价上涨，我们都只好勒紧裤腰带了。
( rather informal ) to spend very little money on the things that you need to live, especially so that you can save it to spend on sth else尤指为了攒钱节衣缩食、省吃俭用：
They scrimped and saved to give the children a good education.
他们省吃俭用，为的是攒钱让孩子受到良好的教育。
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They had to scrimp and save to send their son to college .
为了送儿子上大学，他们不得不省吃俭用，拼命攒钱。
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We have to scrimp and save if we want to buy a decent house in that area .
要想在那个地区买幢像样的房子，我们就必须省吃俭用。
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They scrimped and saved to give the children a good education .
他们省吃俭用，为的是攒钱让孩子受到良好的教育。
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Scrimping on safety measures can be a false economy
在安全措施上抠手抠脚可能会打错算盘。
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He has had to give up luxuries as he scrimps and saves while looking for a job .
找工作期间，他只好放弃奢侈的生活，精打细算、省吃俭用。
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They scrimped on oil as best they could during the energy crisis .
他们在能源危机时期尽量节省汽油。
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A discussion on the controlled scrimping strategy in American new product R & D
论美国产品研发中的有控节余策略
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Principle of scrimp and evaluation of mechanical properties
SCRIMP成型工艺原理及复合材料机械性能评价
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A novel processing technique for scrimp - ⅰ: grooved vacuum bag
SCRIMP成型工艺新技术-Ⅰ：沟槽真空袋型
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I could finally spend money on all the things I 'd scrimped on , right ?
我终于可以花钱购买所有以前因精打细算而没买的东西了，对吧？
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Our parents generation scrimped and saved to give their children a good education and better lives .
父母一代省吃俭用，因为希望让下一代能够接受良好教育，能够过更好的日子。
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I was still broke , still scrimping and saving to buy necessities .
我仍然一贫如洗，仍然精打细算省下钱来购买生活必需品。
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Study of scrimp process
SCRIMP成型工艺研究
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Application prospect of scrimp technology in FRP Radome
SCRIMP工艺在玻璃钢天线罩上的应用前景
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We have to scrimp and save to pay the bill
我们得省吃俭用来付帐
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He says it is a way of scrimping on compensation payouts .
他说这是为了压缩政府补助的方法。
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She has to scrimp and save to pay for her holiday .
她必须节省开支以支付度假的费用。
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who scrimped and saved to raise money ,
靠精打细算地节省来筹集资金的人、
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I scrimp together leftover bits of backbone from an earlier era and hear myself say no.
我重振早期剩下的那一点信心，听到自己说“不行”。
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In this paper , the new SCRIMP processing technique-resin flow control system for co - injection resin SCRIMP process is introduced .
本文介绍了SCRIMP成型工艺新技术&树脂联合注射SCRIMP工艺的树脂流动控制系统。
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The scrimping life of the peasants .
农民们节衣缩食的生活。
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He scrimps his family . The discount goes to the individual customers , but not to the dealing companies .
他对家人悭吝克扣。回扣只针对经办人，而不针对贸易企业。
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A working-class father who scrimps for the future has to confront the fact that his son won 't have a future .
一位工薪阶级的父亲为了将来精打细算，却不得不面对儿子不会有将来的现实。
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I had scrimped and saved to get at least two stickers a week-sometimes three if I had a little extra left over .
我省吃俭用，节衣缩食，争取每周得到两张以上的贴纸。有时如果有点额外盈余的话能拿到三张。
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In a recent national survey , 75 percent of families say in light of the current economic downturn , they 're looking for ways to scrimp on child care .
在最近的一次全国调查中，75%的家庭表示受到了当前经济危机的冲击，并正在寻找缩减用于儿童看护的开支。
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I 've been scrimping and saving all year for our holiday , and now you 've wasted it all on that stupid old car !
我一整年都在为这次度假而省吃俭用，但现在你却把钱全浪费在这老爷车上。
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He did not suggest getting rid of football stadiums ( which usually pay for themselves ) or scrimping on bed-and-board .
他并没有建议去掉足球场（足球场可以自给自足）或者节省膳宿费用。
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He scrimps his family .
他对家人悭吝克扣。
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Debt is such a burden that it 's worth scrimping for a few years , and even delaying graduate school , to pay off at least some of the debt .
债务是一笔负担，为了偿还一部分债务，节衣缩食几年是值得的，甚至是延迟毕业时间。
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Gordon Hewitt , a penny-pinching eccentric who used to read his paper in his car to save electricity , has left behind a 250,000 fortune after a lifetime of scrimping .
英国守财奴戈登休伊特在吝啬了一生之后，留下25万英镑的遗产。这位守财达人曾经为了省电而在车里读报。